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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
306 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...

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/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120708T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
306 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE
  FROM 103 TO 107 DEGREES. THESE EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES...
  COMBINED WITH MODERATELY HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL PRODUCE
  OPPRESSIVE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 108 TO 113 EACH AFTERNOON.
  LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS OVERNIGHT
  HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ARE CUMULATIVE...AND WORSEN AS 
  EXCESSIVE HEAT CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE 
  TO THE HEAT MAY QUICKLY RESULT IN HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT 
  STROKE...ESPECIALLY IF YOUR BODY IS WORKING HARD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. KNOW THE SIGNS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING...AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR
PETS IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE...AS TEMPERATURES INSIDE WILL QUICKLY
REACH LETHAL LEVELS.

&&

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GEELHART